Andy Dalton took the wrath of the home crowd as he trotted off the field. Cincinnati’s punting team ran on.

The Browns had just taken a 13-0 lead on two field goals and a pick-six within 111 stunning seconds of first-quarter game clock. Cleveland’s defense then stuck the Bengals in a third-and-20 en route to a three and out.

Norv Turner prepared to hop on the monster wave of momentum.

On first and 10 from his own 20 after the punt, the 61-year-old play caller imagined Josh Gordon open on the left side.

It was almost a no-brainer the Bengals would bite on a play-action fake. To that point, the seven runs Turner had called racked up 59 yards.

The Browns aimed to trick defensive end Michael Johnson into playing run. The Bengals’ attack scheme on that play left Johnson unblocked at the line, needing to be picked up by the back.

“You hope that back-side guy (Johnson) takes the run fake a little more, then you can sneak the throw in. He didn’t buy the run fake as much. He got his hand in there.”

Johnson entered Campbell’s viewing range at the last split second, rerouting the throw to old nemesis James Harrison. The ex-Steeler’s interception set up the touchdown that turned the season around.

Campbell’s fault?

“I don’t think he could have avoided it,” Turner said. “They got penetration and knocked off our blocker. Jason was looking out at Josh. Josh was open. It probably would have been a nice gain if the ball had not been tipped.”

The Browns would have had that 13-0 lead and a first down around the 40, maybe beyond.

“The wheels kind of came off after that,” Campbell said.

It was quite a crash. The Bengals had gone on a 31-0 run when the Browns picked up the pieces.

Down 14-13 now, Campbell got the ball back after a punt and showed signs of saving the game, marching the Browns from his own 10 to near midfield. The drive stalled near midfield, at which point the Bengals scored off a blocked punt.

In retrospect, as he prepares for a desperation game against the Steelers, Campbell blames himself for not stopping the bleeding, somehow.

“You can’t do anything about the tipped interceptions,” he said, “but you can do something about playing better.

“I look forward to bouncing back and playing a better game.”

Page 2 of 2 - The Pittsburgh game will be Campbell’s second start in Cleveland as a Brown. In the first one, a 24-18 win over Baltimore, he went 23-of-35 for 262 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions.

At Cincinnati, he went 27-of-56 for 248 yards, with a touchdown and three interceptions. What happened?

“People get tape on you,” Turner said. “The times he started to step up in the pocket at Cincinnati, they either had a guy there, spying him, or their rush didn’t run up the field quite the way Baltimore did.

“If you hurt someone with something, the way he did against Baltimore with his running ... Cincinnati made sure when he wanted to go somewhere, there was nowhere to go.

“Jason is steady. He’s been a good role model. That’s how he’s been this week, and I expect him to play well.”

If Campbell is shaken by the Cincinnati implosion, it doesn’t show.

“If we can get on a streak here,” he said, “you could look back at that game and say it made us a stronger, better team.

“It’s getting hot at the right time. Hopefully we’ll be one of those teams that gets hot at the right time.”

For what it’s worth, Campbell has won seven of his last nine starts in home games, dating to his 2010 season with Oakland. His best performance in those games arguably was his most recent one, against the Ravens.